Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic ChangeHarper Collins, 16 dic 2003 - 304 páginas Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? sums up Lou Gerstner's historic business achievement, bringing IBM back from the brink of insolvency to lead the computer business once again.Offering a unique case study drawn from decades of experience at some of America's top companies -- McKinsey, American Express, RJR Nabisco -- Gerstner's insights into management and leadership are applicable to any business, at any level. Ranging from strategy to public relations, from finance to organization, Gerstner reveals the lessons of a lifetime running highly successful companies. |
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... executive . " -Boston Globe " His restoration of a once - great company was surely one of the most remarkable in American business . " -Roger Lowenstein , Wall Street Journal R " Lou Gerstner saved IBM . Period . " -Steve.
... executive . " -Boston Globe " His restoration of a once - great company was surely one of the most remarkable in American business . " -Roger Lowenstein , Wall Street Journal R " Lou Gerstner saved IBM . Period . " -Steve.
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... Rick Thoman , and John Joyce , three great financial executives who instilled a level of productivity , discipline , and probing analysis into a company that appeared to value these quite lightly when I arrived ; X Foreword.
... Rick Thoman , and John Joyce , three great financial executives who instilled a level of productivity , discipline , and probing analysis into a company that appeared to value these quite lightly when I arrived ; X Foreword.
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... executive compensation study for the Socony Mobil Oil Co. I'll never forget my first day on that project . I knew ... executives decades older than I was . Over the next nine years I advanced to the level of senior partner at McKinsey ...
... executive compensation study for the Socony Mobil Oil Co. I'll never forget my first day on that project . I knew ... executives decades older than I was . Over the next nine years I advanced to the level of senior partner at McKinsey ...
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... executive of IBM to ask if he knew about and condoned this behavior . I was unable to reach him and was shunted off to an AA ( administrative assistant ) who took my message and said he would pass it on . Cooler ( or , should I say ...
... executive of IBM to ask if he knew about and condoned this behavior . I was unable to reach him and was shunted off to an AA ( administrative assistant ) who took my message and said he would pass it on . Cooler ( or , should I say ...
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... executive of the now private and heavily indebted company . For the next four years I became immersed in a whole new set of challenges . While I understood well from my American Express days the ongoing demands of a consumer products ...
... executive of the now private and heavily indebted company . For the next four years I became immersed in a whole new set of challenges . While I understood well from my American Express days the ongoing demands of a consumer products ...
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Out to the Field | 41 |
Operation Bear Hug | 49 |
Stop the Bleeding and Hold the Vision | 56 |
Creating the Leadership Team | 73 |
Creating a Global Enterprise | 83 |
Back on the Beach | 103 |
PART IIICULTURE | 179 |
On Corporate Culture | 181 |
An InsideOut World | 189 |
Leading by Principles | 200 |
PART IVLESSONS LEARNED | 217 |
FocusYou Have to Know and Love | 219 |
Execution Strategy Goes Only So Far | 229 |
Leadership Is Personal | 235 |
A Brief History of IBM | 113 |
Making the Big Bets | 121 |
Servicesthe Key to Integration | 128 |
Building the Worlds Already Biggest | 136 |
Opening the Company Store | 146 |
Unstacking the Stack and Focusing the Portfolio | 153 |
The Emergence of ebusiness | 165 |
Reflections on Strategy | 176 |
Elephants Can Dance | 242 |
IBMa Farewell | 253 |
APPENDICES | 259 |
Appendix AThe Future of ebusiness | 261 |
Appendix BFinancial Overview | 277 |
Index | 286 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Vista previa restringida - 2002 |
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Vista de fragmentos - 2003 |
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